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Ventura Junior High Class Photo, 1931
Ventura Junior High School class photo, showing girl students. Ruth Ventura Zapf is in front row, third from left. Adah Callahan is in front row, second from right.

A building at the Ventura County Fairgrounds was named for Callahan.

Henry Arellanes' Children
Shows Henry Arellanes' daughter and son posed together outdoors. Daughter is wearing a light-colored dress, floral crown, and veil. Son is wearing a suit with boutonniere, and has his hair side-parted and slicked over. Tree, foliage, and pathway in…

Ruth Ventura Zapf Riding Pony
Shows Ruth Ventura Zapf as a young girl riding a spotted pony. The pony is standing next to wooden building lined with shrubs.

Museum records include note that the photographer owned the pony and went door-to-door soliciting photographs.

Zapf Girls
Shows (L-R) Celia, Ruth Ventura, and Jeanne Zapf standing together. All three girls are wearing light colored dresses and knee-high socks. Small palms behind them.

Museum records include note that Jeanne is wearing hair ribbons gifted to her by…

Ruth Ventura Zapf Seated in Garden
Shows Ruth Ventura Zapf as a young girl seated in the garden of a Meta Street home. She is seated on a small wooden chair, and is holding a dark-colored umbrella. She is wearing a short-sleeved, light-colored dress. Palm trees, fence, and other…

Zapf Girls at Foster Park
Shows three young girls, Jeanne, Ruth Ventura, and Celia Zapf sitting on a tree branch in Foster Park. Jeanne and Celia are wearing light-colored dresses. Ruth Ventura is in a dark-colored dress.

Museum records indicate that the ribbons worn in…

Ruth Ventura Zapf and Donald Zapf
Shows Ruth Ventura Zapf and her younger brother Donald standing on a sidewalk. Ruth is holding Donald up by his arms. Donald appears to be toddler-aged. A baby stroller is visible to the left of the image. Palm trees in background.

Five Young Dancers at Flora Robb Dance Studio, Oxnard
Yolanda Verrett, Patricia Ann Holloway, Evelyn Yvonne Holloway, Lavonia Webb and Anna Fay Webb as young girls tap dancing at Flora Robb Dance Studio in Oxnard. The girls are dressed in matching leotards, tutus, tap shoes, and hair bows.

Melanie Allred and Freddie the Goat
Portrait of Melanie Allred posed with her goat "Freddie," the grand champion Anglo-Nubian goat at the Ventura County Fair. Tom Pugliese on left and Plinky Mier on right. Freddie is wearing a floral cape. Signs in background for 4-H and Ventura County…

Children Working at FSA Camp
View of children working at the Farm Security Administration (FSA) Camp in El Rio. One girl is standing in center of view with arms crossed and facing viewer. Around girl, other children carry stacks of wood.

Worker Residence FSA Camp, El Rio
Interior view of a worker residence at the Farm Security Administration (FSA) Camp in El Rio. Woman wearing apron and checkered dress stands by stove with back to viewer. A young girl is seated nearby at a table, and is turned away from the viewer.…

Female Freshman Student Kneeling on Lawn, with Other Students Braiding Her Hair, Freshman Day, Ventura
View of kneeling girl having her hair curled or braided by peers on a grass field. Other students and a brick structure visible in background.

Mabel and Harry Nelson with Their Burro
View of Mabel and Harry Nelson as children sitting in a wagon hitched to a donkey. Mabel, wearing a bonnet, is leaning forward to look at the viewer. Harry's face is partially obscured by a wagon wheel. Shadow of the photographer is visible on the…

Small Child with Large Beets
A little girl wearing overalls and a large sun hat poses for a full portrait in the outdoors. She is seemingly farming, as she holds a gardening tool over one shoulder and holds a large sugar beet in her other hand. There is a basket of produce on…

American Sugar Beet Company Housing
Three girls perform chores in front of adobe housing for Sugar Beet Factory workers in Oxnard. Two adobe buildings are in the background. Piles of lumber, a wash basin (being used by one of the girls), and a stove can be seen alongside the girls in…

Eva Sanchez, Age 8
Eva Sanchez at age 8 years, 2 months posed for a full outdoor portrait. She is on the walkway outside of a house and smiles at the viewer while holding out the sides of her floor length skirt.

Girls on Easter Sunday
Sanchez family girls and two friends pose for an outdoor full portrait in their Easter Sunday dresses, a couple of the girls are carrying Easter baskets. They are at the Sanchez family home at 326 Santa Clara Street in Fillmore. Girls identified as…

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Full portrait of Clara and Maria (Mary) Sanchez standing outside in a garden or landscaped yard. The girls appear to be young teenagers. The girls are wearing dresses and stockings and are both posed with one arm around the other's waist and the…

Irene Sanchez in Goat Cart
Irene Sanchez smiles adorably at the viewer while driving a goat-drawn cart. The cart reads "Fillmore Calif. 1927" in the front and is attached to a large white goat with horns.

Group Photo of Three Girls
Three girls pose for a group picture--two unidentified girls sit on the porch of a home and one girl, Mary Sanchez, sits on a swing. The girls to be of varying ages. All girls wear dresses and are looking at the viewer. In the background there are…

Maria Sanchez
Full portrait of Maria Sanchez (daughter of Lorenzo Sanchez) standing in a garden or yard, the bottom half of her body partially obscured by a large bush that looks like rosemary. She is turned slightly to her left, looking at the viewer.

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Outdoor portrait of Maria (Mary) at about age 9 sitting in a chair next to her older sister, Refugio, who is standing with an arm on the back of Maria's chair. Both girls are wearing dresses and bows or ribbons in their hair. They face the viewer…

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Dominga Sanchez as a Very Young Girl
Full portrait of Dominga Sanchez at age 3 or 4 standing outside in front of a wooden fence and garden. Dominga holds flowers in one hand and looks to the viewer's left. She is wearing a dress and a bow in her hair.

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Portrait of Four Girls
Four girls in dresses and stockings pose for a full group portrait outdoors, outside of a wooden building. The girls are (l-r): Dominga Sanchez, Josie Guerrero, Martina Rivas, Maria Sanchez.

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Maria Sanchez as a Girl
Full portrait of Maria Sanchez (Mary Sanchez Rios) at about age 3. Maria is standing on a chair, wearing a light colored dress and a large white bow in her loose, chin length hair. She is looking at the viewer.

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